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Scientists and poets agree – we love the smell of fresh rain
Postdoc Dr. Sahil Bhandari (mechanical engineering) is featured in the Province and Vancouver Sun for why we love the smell of fresh rain. “The smell of rain, especially after a long dry spell kind of tells me: ‘I can do agriculture, there’s water here. My survival is not going to be at risk in this area now.’ The brain is saying: ‘This is a good place to live. We can live here now.’”
Coral reefs ‘may not be as vulnerable to climate change as previously thought’
” High-frequency coral bleaching can be fully mitigated at some reefs under low-to-middle emissions scenarios where, for example, the Paris Agreement commitments are fulfilled”. Dr. Simon Donner, an IRES professor, is featured in Express for his co-authored paper that found coral reefs in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean have increased their thermal tolerance and adjusted to higher ocean temperatures.
Victor Cardenas
PhD Candidate Research Interests climate risk, physical and transition risk Bio Victor is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, supervised by Dr. Milind Kandlikar and Dr. Simon Donner. His research develops methodological and analytical frameworks at the intersection of climate science, disaster risk, and climate […]
Is climate change as dangerous as doomists make it out to be?
Dr. Simon Donner, an IRES professor, is featured in a podcast by iheartradio for how his research shows that courage and openness to transformation is necessary for solutions to climate change, not fear and gloom.
For these researchers, an ideal summer night is spent chasing bats through Vancouver’s parks
Aaron Aguirre is featured on CBC as part of a specialized team spending the summer gathering more information about the city’s urban bat population to protect the mammals — and their billion-dollar benefit to the economy — as one of the deadliest wildlife diseases in North America creeps closer to the coast.
Climate Solutions Research Collective- Position for Program Coordinator | Deadline: July 24, 2023
The Climate Solutions Research Collective is looking for a Program Coordinator to manage and administer the Collective, and assist in the development of new research collaborations and funding proposals.
10 Minutes to Save the Planet – Dude, where’s my alternative to cars?
If everyone drove 10% less in the US, it would be equivalent of taking almost 30 coal power plants offline in a year. How can these moments be something humans want to do? Dr. Jiaying Zhao discusses how to make this powerful action enjoyable.
Anticipating Canada’s crisis response decisions can save critical time in future wildfire seasons
Today, both Canada and the United States are dealing with unprecedented levels of smoke from wildfires. And while forest management practices and climate change are partly to blame, so is the failure of governments to give people the right tools to make effective proactive crisis decisions.
IRES’s Robin Gregory is featured by breaking down preparation to 3 crucial factors. (Featured image:
mikhail serdyukov/ unsplash)
Canada and U.S. cooperation needed to solve our wildfire crisis
IRES professor Robin Gregory is featured in the Globe and Mail as he argues that reducing the threat and damage from wildfires can happen – but not without implementing the well researched forest management policies that are co-ordinated among all levels of government.